How important is a DE to you? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by WereCat@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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After 2y on Linux I can say with full confidence that switching from GNOME to KDE (for me) is a bigger barrier than switching from Windows to Linux ever was.

I’ve tried a lot to like KDE but I just can’t. I usually see people discussing distros but I feel like picking the right DE makes much bigger impact. I’m yet to try Hyprland though.

Considering the fact that I’m itching to get Steam Frame and VR on GNOME will likely be broken indefinitely, idk what to do.

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[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Less and less, the more i deal with session and tooling issues. Considering going from XFCE to LXQT, for a start. The convenience parts are more and more things i hacked/scripted myself, after the Desktops broke because of circumstances.

And wayland on the notebook... since i don't like Gnome and KDE is too battery-sucking, that was a blank slate from start.

[-] mub@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

The choice for me was something that did well in gaming. Features like good VRR support made the voice of KDE plasma the only option. I'm not bothered about the KDE UI. It is nice, and similar to windows, so ready enough to get along with.

I am monitoring Cosmic. Once it has HDR and solid VRR, etc I may try it out.

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